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curtismchale

Decent primer, but there are a number of books that go much deeper.

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018

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This is a fairly quick read and if you haven’t done much reading around productivity and focus, you **need** to read this book. It’s going to give you the best primer around on getting focused, and staying focused in the midst of distraction.

It’s going to give you a good look at how to choose the most important task.

If you’ve read books like The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results , Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World , The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months then you may feel like this book barely scratches the surface of the topics.

In that case, head to the library and read the Conclusion of the book. It summarizes every point for you. Then you can decide if you need to invest the time to read the whole book.

Jose Maldonado

Kinda Bait and switch!

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2020

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This book felt like a bit of a bait and switch to me. There were no "great (or even mediocre) ways to STOP PROCRASTINATING" listed in this book.

Instead, it goes on and on about how to organize your thoughts around goals, which is fine and valid, but NOT what I assume someone looking for a book about measures to specifically address procrastination is trying to read about.

The tone of this book comes across like "well, if you don't want to be poor anymore, go make some money!"
Rather, "if you don't want to procrastinate any more, just go do something!" But then doesn't show you ways HOW to do something about getting over procrastination. "Slicing" big tasks up into smaller tasks is not addressing procrastination, its a task management strategy, that might be an effective way for someone who might be disorganized or overwhelmed but motivated to achieve a goal.

And don't get me started on the "most important" task of the day. I work in an industry where everything is a constant fire, so all of it its "the most important" and someone in middle management like myself can either do what I'm told or quit... which is great if I happened to have the resources to just live my life or i guess have my own company. I would LOOOVE to apply time-blocking strategies to my work load, but that is not something that helps with procrastination. If procrastination is the problem, then you can time-block as the day is long and then put off what you were supposed to do in that block anyway.

If it was titled something like "21 anecdotes that might help you re-prioritize your to-do list" or "21 adages about time management that may or may not apply to your field of work" that would have been a more accurate (and less attractive?) title...

OneHungryRugger

Must Read for Procrastinators

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017

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I'm the king of procrastination, and I needed this book to help me get out of my rut. It was suggested by a friend, and quite possibly saved my job. Many times we get "busy" doing the wrong things because we are avoiding the hard/important things. If that sounds like you, read the book.

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Not For Everyone

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019

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The first 4 chapters, I got really into it. I love the approach, and really enjoyed it. But, I am a Stay At Home Mom, have not started my business yet, still have a ways to go on that, and the book title said nothing about it being for business people only. I read 4 more chapters, but none applied to me, nor did anything in the workbook, which I also bought. I'm sure once I've had my business for a few years, it will be great to come back and reread and work through, but for now, the rest of this book is utterly useless to me.

K. Lenoir

Great stuff from Brian Tracy as usual

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017

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EDIT 2: WOW! What a book once you grasp the main message. It hammers it home hundreds of times but it took me 3 times reading it to really get it. Yes, my productivity is doubled. "Determine your most important task, (based on your goals), work on it single mindedly until you finish it, and then move on to your next most important task."

Re-read that again if necessary. That is what I got as the main message of the book, and I took it to heart, and it has given me so much peace of mind, confidence, and pride.

I am so grateful for this book. It really delivered on the promise of getting more done in less time, at least that of importance.

HIGHLY recommended. Will be buying this for my team.

EDIT: After re-reading it, gotta say it is concise and powerful. Applying the simple principles and doing the thought exercises are very helpful!

Great stuff from Brian Tracy as usual. He'll tell you the fundamentals of productivity! Not a ton of extrapolation and theory, just "do this, here's why." Will read again

Cat

Very helpful

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2017

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Great book to get yourself organized and get your priorities straight. There really is some great advice and exercises in this book to get you on track. I was struggling with finding the time to work on my personal art projects and this was the kick in the butt I needed to get moving.

TennisAce

Was expecting more

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017

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Overall message is good, but I feel like 7 or 8 of the chapters are the exact same thing said a different way... kudos to the author for making a book out of that... [👏🏼]

J. Cartwright

BUY IT!

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018

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I am not a procrastinator of any sort. I like to make lists and get those lists completed. It's absolutely a sense of accomplishment to do so. I purchased this book to actually assist in modifying some business practices in my office. I work as an Operations Manager for a home remodeling company in Seattle.

There were ways the business could have had a better success rate had we changed the way of doing things, just a little! And this book provided me with a great way to tweak the internal processes just enough to better how each admin performed in their key roles. Great read!

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Hari

Awesome book on tume management

Reviewed in India on January 10, 2020

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Best book on time management.
If you want to manage your time stop watching YouTube about it and buy this book it can save that time.
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Amazon Customer

Damn just go for it, best book on time managment

Reviewed in India on April 11, 2018

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If you are struggling with procrastination or want to learn about time management and manage your time effectively this book is for you, Brian Tracy what a great author.

Gopal Nandan

Life Changing book

Reviewed in India on January 7, 2018

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Invaluable useful book. Will change your life view

Den

Read it, if you can motivate yourself that is...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2011

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I kept meaning to read this book, but took ages to get round to it!'

I know I give the self help industry a hard time, but it's their own fault for not doing the most basic online research in to the garbage they spout! Brian can rest easy with this one however as this book does what it says on the cover.

Sure the 21 great ways to stop procrastinating and getting more done is pretty generic and at times fairly obvious, it's great to have these things laid down in a book for the casual reader and procrastinator like myself to browse and see if theres anything I can apply to my life. Thankfully there was and I have applied some of the suggestions there in which have helped me somewhat to a certain degree.

I cleared my desk of junk, it is creeping back but I am determined to keep on top of it. A clear work surface ready for you to sit down and work is one less reason to procrastinate over getting started. I started a daily diary, I write down what needs to be done the night before so my main to do liist is right there in the morning, waiting for me.

I have also tried to cut out the non-essential, non-productive work I have done in the past to allow me to concentrate on the work that is going to better my situation. Just 3 of 21 steps to beat procrastination, a recommended read, if you can be bothered that is.

Abhinav

An ANSWER to all your problems... A must READ for ALL👍

Reviewed in India on December 2, 2017

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It definitely deserve ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Brian Tracy is one of the best author of today. The book explains about getting success in both personal and professional life by focusing on major tasks. It has various methods and habits to learn to stop procrastinating and eat our frogs(tasks) in time. This book serves a profound meaning to working people, employees, entrepreneurs and business personals.

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